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With elective surgeries now being cancelled and delayed in New Hampshire due to a national shortage of intravenous fluids, Gov. Chris Sununu has sent a letter to the Biden Administration demanding more transparency and a plan to get the health care products the state needs calling it a national security issue.
Eversource officials are maintaining that the negative regulatory environment in Connecticut is the sole reason S&P Global Ratings downgraded its credit rating this week from A- to BBB+, and the utility fired back at the state’s Consumer Advocate for his criticism of them.
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of SFRC, spoke on the Senate floor today in support of the Georgian people’s aspirations to align with the West and to urge the Biden Administration to take strong action against individuals in Georgia responsible for the current violence and political crisis.
Readers of InDepthNH.org came out in the pouring rain Wednesday night to talk about the state of news in the North Country and showed their support for the nonprofit publication that will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2025.
The man the state of New Hampshire sent to investigate claims five-year-old Harmony Montgomery was being abused, before he dismissed the case, was twice removed from his positions during his career amidst alarming behavior, according to records obtained by InDepthNH.org.
Concord police are investigating two vandalism incidents to a permitted statue placed Saturday near the nativity scene on city property in front of the State House by the Satanic Temple Congregation for New Hampshire and Vermont.
On Monday, S&P Global Ratings lowered the long-term issuer credit on the state’s largest utility, Eversource, from A- to BBB+.
For the second time in less than a month, the state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether New Hampshire’s current school funding scheme is constitutional.
After a quick storm which brought as much as 5 inches of snow to the state overnight and into Tuesday, the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for New Hampshire for Wednesday into Thursday as two to four inches of rain are expected in the central and northern part of the state.